The author traverses the United States, visiting sites which hosted infamous acts in American history, like the Clutter farmhouse (the Clutter family murders were the basis of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood") in Holcomb, Texas, JonBenet Ramsey's Boulder, Colorado, David Koresh's Waco, Texas and the like. There's nothing new, revealing, original or particularly interesting about Wood's travels or the resulting "Coffin Nails and Tombstone Trails" and I'm sure you could find better coverage of the cases he covers and places he visits elsewhere. ( )